Advertising device.



'Pa tented Mar. l3, I900.

E. A. POWELL.

ADVERTISING DEV'IBE.

(Application filed Dec. 22, 1899.)

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No. 645,330. Patented Mar; I3, I900. E. A. POWELL. ADVERTISINGDEVIGE.

(Application med Dec. 22, 1899.)

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EDl/VIN ARTHUR POWELL, OF NORTH FITZROY, VICTORIA, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN JOHNSTON, OF MELBOURNE, VICTORIA.

ADVERTISING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 645,330, dated March 13, 1900.

Application filed December 22, 1899. Serial No. 741,332. (No model.)

To CI/ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN ARTHUR Pow- ELL, engineer, asubject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at No. 133 St. Georges road, North Fitzroy, near Melbourne, in the British Colony of Victoria, have invented an Improved Advertising Device, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to those classes of advertising mediums which are intended to be placed upon the bar-counters of hotels, shops, and other places of public resort and operated by lifting or opening the lid of a box or other receptacle containing matches or other articles.

In order that the invention may be readily understood, I will describe it by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of an advertising contrivance constructed according to this invention, while Figs. 2 and 3 are vertical transverse sections on lines 2 2 3 3, respectively, of Fig. 1.

The same letters of reference indicate the same or corresponding parts throughout.

A A represent the frame or casing of a receptacle, the front of which may be ornamented or constructed to represent the front of a house, for instance, or any other design that may be desired. The front A of this casing is formed with an opening 13, through which the advertisements to be displayed are shown. These advertisements are carried,

printed, or impressed upon an endless band or belt 0, of canvas or other suitable material. This endless belt passes around two rollers D D at the bottom of the apparatus, then up over a comparatively-large roller D at the top, then under a loose tension-roller D and finally over another idle roller D at the top of the contrivance. The large roller Another cord F is attached to the large roller D and passes around it in the opposite direction to the cord E. It carries at its lower end a weight F, which is sufficiently heavy to return said large roller back into its normal po sition after each operation.

On the inside of the endless traveling apron O are secured inwardly-projecting stop-pieces G, of leather or other suitable material. These stop-pieces are engaged at'each operation of the contrivance by a retaining-wire G or the like arranged in such a way that while allowing said stop-pieces to pass in the one direction it will prevent them from returning, thus taking the Weight off the belt and enabling the large roller to rotate rearwardly without operating the endless traveling belt carrying the advertisements.

Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is- 1. In an advertising device, the combina tion with a casing having an opening in the front wall thereof, of a belt or apron contain ing advertising matter movable behind said opening, a roller around which said belt or apron passes and by means of which its progressive movement is imparted, a cord wound upon said roller in one direction, a receptacle outside said casing, a lid therefor having an arm thereon connected to said cord, a second cord wound upon said roller in a direction opposite the other cord and having a weight upon its lower end, and means for preventing the backward movement of said belt or apron when said roller is actuated by the cord carrying said weight, as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In an advertising device, the combination with a casing having an opening in the front wall thereof, of a belt or apron containing advertising matter movable behind said opening, a roller around which said belt or apron passes and by means of which its progressive movement is imparted, a cord wound upon said roller in one direction, a receptacle outside said casing, a lid therefor, having an 2 iaso apron when said roller is aetiiated by the coi d carrying said Weight.

EDVYIN ARTHUR POVELL.

Witnesses:

EDWARD WATERS, Jr.,

arm thereon connected to said cord, a second cord Wound upon said roller in a direction opposite the other cord and having a Weight upon its lower end, a plurality of stops on the I 5 rear surface of said belt or apron, and a detent adapted to engage said stops for preventing the backward movement of said belt or ARTHUR HENRY PRICE. 

